{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/salmon-and-freshwater-fisheries-consolidation-scotland-act-2003/section-3A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/salmon-and-freshwater-fisheries-consolidation-scotland-act-2003/section-3A.json",
  "legislation": "asp/2003/15",
  "legislation_title": "Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries (Consolidation) (Scotland) Act 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/salmon-and-freshwater-fisheries-consolidation-scotland-act-2003",
  "path": "section/3A",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "3A",
  "heading": "Fishing by rod and line",
  "text": "(1) For the purposes of this Act, a person shall be treated as fishing for or taking fish by rod and line in the circumstances set out in subsection (2), (3) or (4) only if the condition specified in the relevant subsection is met.\n(2) Where a person—\n(a) is fishing for or taking salmonids, and\n(b) is not doing so from a boat,\nthe condition is that the person uses a single rod and line and that the rod is being held by the person.\n(3) Where a person—\n(a) is fishing for or taking freshwater fish other than salmonids, and\n(b) is not doing so from a boat,\nthe condition is that the person uses no more than 4 rods for that purpose at any one time.\n(4) Where a person—\n(a) is fishing for or taking fish, and\n(b) is doing so from a boat,\nthe condition is that no more than 4 rods are used on the boat for that purpose at any one time.\n(5) In this section, “ salmonids ” means all fish of the family Salmonidae.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 3A inserted (1.8.2007) by Aquaculture and Fisheries (Scotland) Act 2007 (asp 12), ss. 20(1), 45(2) (with s. 39); S.S.I. 2007/333, art. 2(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2003/15/section/3A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:16:44.351409+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}